Free tools

Free tools & walkthroughs to find your footing

Each asks a few questions about your situation and builds you something tailored: your whole arrival plan, your visa, your purchase, a French letter, the tax on an inheritance. Free to use, grounded in our guides, with an optional human check for anything that matters.

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Your personalised arrival plan

Six questions and we build you a sequenced, phased plan for your whole move, tailored to you, with every step linked to a full guide.

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Deadlines · new

Your French deadlines & renewals

Enter your dates and get a dated plan of every French renewal coming your way: visa validation, carte de séjour, licence exchange, tax, contrôle technique. Each is linked to a guide, with a one-click calendar export.

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Paperwork

The French dossier builder

Pick a procedure (carte de séjour, licence, health, naturalisation, tax) and get exactly which papers it needs, the official source, the traps, and an optional human check before you submit.

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The letter writer

Write a proper French formal letter

Cancel a contract, give notice, contest a bill. You get the right layout and formules de politesse, a plain-English summary, and an optional human check before you send.

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Property

Buying a property in France

The steps, documents and deadlines for buying a French home, tailored to how you're buying.

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Visas & residency

Which French visa do you need?

Find the long-stay visa that fits your move: visitor, remote worker, family or work.

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Healthcare

Get into the French health system

Work out your route in: the S1 for pensioners, your payroll if you work, or PUMA.

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Language

What level of French do you need?

A2, B1 or B2? The level the law asks of you depends on what you're applying for.

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Money

French inheritance tax: who pays what?

Pick a relationship and an amount and see the allowance, the rate and the tax due under the 2026 rules, including the 60% trap.

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Money

What the bank's transfer really costs

Moving pounds to euros? See what a high-street bank costs you versus a specialist. The gap hides in the rate, not the fee.

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Reference

The plain-English glossary

Every French admin term decoded (PLU, apostille, RIB, timbre fiscal), and clickable across every guide.

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